Toy vehicle



Mar. 13, 1923.

. 1,448,113 A. c. GILBERT TOY VEHICLE Filed July-145 1919 ,Wwm'yPatented ar. 13, 1923.

ALFRED C. GILBERT, 0E NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AssICNoR To TI'IE A. C.CIEBEET CCNIPANY, or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OECONNECTICUT.

TOY vEHICLE'.

Application med July 14, i919. serial No. 310,561.

New Haven, county of New Haven', State of Connecticut, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements 1n Toy Vehicles,

of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description.

This invention relates to toys, and more particularly to toys of thatclass termed construction toys, designed to be assembled to producevarious different toy devices. The present invention pertains moreparticularly to the assemblage of these construction parts to produce aknoclrdown toy vehicle provided with a front and rear axle.

In my application, Serial No. 292,877, filed April 26, 1919, I havedescribed and claimed a toy of this general type in which the parts areassembled to produce a) toy vehicle of the cart type provided with asingle axle. The present application relates to the assemblage of thesetoy construction parts to produce, as above stated, a vehicle providedwith front and rear axles.

One of the objects of the present invention is to furnish toyconstruction' parts which may be secured to a body member in variouspositions to produce a knockdown toy vehicle provided with afront and`rear axle having wheels mounted thereupon. Certain features of theinvention, however, are not necessarilylimited to use in wheeled toys,since they are applicable with equal advantage to structures havingrunners, such as slides. 1 v

Another object of my inventionv is to provide toy construction parts ofthe type above indicated, which may be readily assembled to form apivotal mounting for pivotally securing the front axle of the toyvehicle to its body member.

A further object ofmy invention is to moved.

Figs. 3 and 4 are plan and side views respectively of a portion' of thedraft tongue and means for securing the same to the express wagon. l l

F 1g. 5 is an enlarged sectional View taken' on thev line 5 5 of 2;,and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of aboard or body member shown removed from theexpress wagon. f Y, In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated theelements of my invention as assembled to construct a 'childs expresswagon having a rectangular boxlikebody, but 1t will be apparent thatthese elements may be'assembledA to form the running gear for variousVtypes of wagons without depart# ing from the spirit of my invention.

I have designated by the numeral 10 a boardor body member upon the upperface of which is preferably secured a rectangular frame designated inits entire-cyby the numeral 11 and consisting of sid'eand end memberssecured together, while this frame 11 is secured to the body member 10to form a boxlike body for my express wagon, however, the frame 11 formsno part of my invention herein described. 4,Theboard or body member 10preferably has anumber of bolt holes 12 vformed therethrough is' spacedrel'a-l tion, and to the lower face of the member 10 arev secured thefront and rear braclretsy 13 by means of bolts lewhich pass through' thebolt holes 12 and throughthe inwardly directed ears 15 of the brackets13'. By pro'.l vi'dmg a plurality of bolt lio-les' through the bodymember, the brackets 13 may besen cured to the same in variouspositions. Eacl'' of the inwardly directed ears 1'5i is provided with adrill-hole 16 (seevF ig. adapted'1 toy receivev one. of the bolts 14. Mytoy vehicle is provided with arear axle 17 anda front axle 18, upon theopposite endsof whichV are mounted wheels 19' of any desired construc-vtion andv which may be secured to the axles in any desired manner, butinthe drawing, I have disclosed these wheels as retainedin place uponthe axles by Cotter pins 20.4 The bracletsl areprovided to connectthelfroiit and rear axles to the body of my toy vehicle, and the rear',axle 17 is rigidly but remev# ably secured to the rearl brackets' 13means of the U-shaped clips 21, the spaced legs of which have circularholes formed therethrough to snugly receiveL the axle 17 which may beinserted through the spaced legs of these clips, as shown in Fig. 1. Theclips 21 are bolted to the lower flat face of the brackets 18 bythreaded bolts 22 provided with the nuts 23. By the means justdescribed, it will be seen that the rear axle 17 may be strongly andrigidly secured to the rear portion of the toy vehicle, and in order toprevent this axle from working lengthwise through the legs of the clips21, I preferably provide a second U-shaped clip 211 having axlereceiving holes formed through the spaced legs thereof similar to theclips 21, but the legs of the clip 24 are sufficiently close together topermit the same to be inserted between the legs of one of the clips 21,as shown in Fig. 2, and this clip 211 is preferably provided with a setscrew 25 by means of which it may be rigidly clamped to the rear axle 17to prevent the same from rotating and from shifting in a lengthwisedirection. In order that the front axle 18 may be'pivotally secured tothe forward portion of my toy vehicle, but one bracket 13 is rigidlysecured to the forward portion of the body member 10, and to the lowerface of this bracket is pivotally secured a clip 21 by means of athreaded bolt 22, and to prevent the front axle 18 from shifting in alengthwise direction relatively to the clip 21, IA provide this axlewith a clip 241 spaced between the legs of the clip 21 and secured toits axle by a set screw in the manner above described. In this manner itwill be seen that very satisfactory means is provided for pivotallysecuring the front axle 18 to the forward portion of the toy vehicle.

In order to provide convenient means for securing a draft tongue to thefront axle of my express wagon, I have provided the loop brackets 26having a loop 26;l formed at one end thereof in order that the forwardaxle 18 may be inserted through this loop, and one of the brackets 26 ispreferably mounted upon the axle 18 upon each side of the forward clip21, as will be apparent from Fig. 1. The forward end of the loopbrackets 2G are preferably secured to a draft tongue 27 by means ofangle plates 28. One

of these angle plates may be secured to each side of the tongue 27 by abolt 29 which passes through the tongue and through one legof each ofthe angle plates, while the opposite leg of each of these plates may besecured to one of the brackets 26 by a bolt 30. v

From the above description, when read in connection with the drawing, itwill be apparent that I have provided a strong and durable toy vehicle,in which the parts forming the running gear may be quickly assembled andtaken apart, when desired, and it will also be apparent that due to thenumerous bolt holes formed in the body member 10, the parts forming therunning gear of my toy vehicle may be assembled in various positionsother than herein indicated, thereby permitting the child using this toyto exercise his ingenuity in assembling the parts of the same in variousways.

The construction parts herein disclosed, it will be understood, are sodesigned that they may be easily and quickly assembled to providevarious different toy devices as explained in my copending application,Serial No. 281,970, filed March 11, 1919.

I do not claim broadly herein features broadly claimed in my applicationSerial No. 292,877 above mentioned.

W hat I claim is:

1. In a construction toy, a body member provided with front and rearsupporting axles, a perforated bracket, means for detachably securingthe bracket to the under face of the body member, a front axle, a clipprovided with downwardly bent legs having perforations therethrough toreceive said axle, and means for pivotally securing said clip to thelower face of said bracket, and a locking clip secured to said axlebetween the legs of said pivoted clip.

2. In a construction toy, a body member perforated brackets secured tothe under face of said body member adjacent the front and rear endsthereof, a front and rear axle respectively, U-shaped clips for rigidlybut detachably securing the rear axle to the brackets positionedadjacent the rear end of said member, and a U-shaped clip for pivotallysecuring the front axle to the bracket positioned adjacent the front endof said member.

3. In a construction toy, a body member provided with front and rearsupporting axles, perforated brackets secured to the under face of saidbody member adjacent the front and rear ends thereof, a frontand rearaxle respectively, clips for rigidly but detachably securing the rearaxle to the brackets positioned adjacent the rear end of said member,and a clip for pivotally securing the front axle to the bracketpositioned adjacent the front end of said member, said front and rearbrackets and clips being similar in construction and interchangeable.

et. A toy vehicle, comprising a body member, a bracket secured to theforward portion of said member to extend transversely thereof, a pair ofbrackets secured to the rear portion of said member to extendlongitudinally thereof, an axle pivotally connected to said forwardbracket, a. rear axle connected to said rear brackets, and identicalinterchangeable means to connect the axles to each of said brackets.

5. A toy vehicle including a body member, a bracket securedto the undersurface thereof, an axle, a. clip pivotally connected to the bracket andhaving downwardly projecting legs perforated to receive the axle,

a locking clip secured to the axle and having spaced legs to engage thelegs of the first clip and hold the latter against displacement.

6. A toy vehicle including a body member, a bracket secured thereto atthe under side thereof, an axle, means pivotally securing said axle tosaid bracket, and ai tongue having a pair of loop members attachedthereto to engage the axle on opposite sides of the securing means andheld against displacement thereby.

7. In a construction toy, a body member having a number of bolt holesformed therein, brackets upon the under face of said member adjacent thefront and rear ends thereof, bolts extending through said holes forsecuring said brackets to said member in various positions, front andrear axles supporting said member, clips capable of being mounted invarious positions upon said axles, and means for securing said clips tosaid brackets. l

8. In a construction toy vehicle, a body member, front and rear axlesoperatively secured thereto, a draft tongue for said vehicle, and meansfor sivingingly securing said tongue to one of said axles, comprising aloop bracket secured to said tongue in spaced relation thereto andhaving the loop of said bracket Wrapped about said axle.

9. In a construction toy vehicle, a body member, a supporting axlepivotally secured thereto, a draft tongue, and means for swinginglysecuring said tongue to said axle, comprising a pair of loop bracketssecured to said tongue in spaced relation thereto and having said axleextending through said loops.

10. In a construction toy vehicle, a body member, a supporting axlepivotally secured thereto, a draft tongue, and means for operativelysecuring said tongue to said axle, comprising a pair of loop bracketshaving the loops thereof positioned around said axle, and angle platesfor connecting said loop brackets to said tongue.

11. In a construction toy vehicle, a body member, a rear axle detachablybut rigidly secured to said member, a front axle pivotally secured tosaid member, a draft tongue for said vehicle, and means for swinginglysecuring said tongue to said pivoted axle, comprising a loop bracketoperatively secured to said tongue in spaced relation thereto and havingthe loop thereof positioned about said pivoted axle.

12. A toy vehicle having a body member, and front and rear supportingaxles, means for connecting said body member to the front and rear axlecomprising brackets secured to said body and clips attached tothe'axles, said clips and brackets being detachably connected, and meansupon the axles separate from said clips to hold the axles againstlateral movement relative to said body.

18. A toy vehicle having a body member, front and rear axles, means forconnecting said body member to the front and rear axles, comprisingbrackets upon the body and clips upon the axles, means to detachablyconnect said brackets and clips, a draft tongue and means comprising abracket having a loop in an end thereof to encircle the front axle tosvvingingly connect the tongue to the front axle.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand on the 10th day of July,1919.

ALFRED C. GILBERT.

